Thumbnails

Want to request thumbnails every few seconds from a video? Choose the interval, then add '!' to the end of the integer. Add this to either your API call or use our web UI. XML below for reference:

<format>  
<!-- Format fields -->  
<output>thumbnail</output>  
<time>[integer value]!</time>       
<width>[Width]</width>  
<height>[Size]</height>  
<!-- Destination fields -->  
</format>    
	

Don't forget to give the first file a name in the API call, and also a destination! Files will not generate or deliver if these two items are not specified.

If you wish to request thumbnails via API, you've got a couple options:

1) You can request the thumbnail via timestamp (in seconds or percentage rate)

2) Want to request thumbnails at specific intervals? Use !5, for example, to request thumbnails at 5 second intervals

Please note:

Standard Thumbnail Template

 <format>
    <output>thumbnail</output>
    <time>5</time>
    <video_codec>mjpeg</video_codec>
    <keep_aspect_ratio>yes</keep_aspect_ratio>
    <file_extension>jpg</file_extension>
 </format>

So you want to make thumbnails from your clips, but you don't know the length, use the following:

Instead of <time>20</time> --> use a percentage-based value: <time>20%</time>.

This error message is generated when we could not generate a thumbnail from your video. Make sure that the timestamp you have chosen for us take the thumbnail exists in the video file, for example a thumbnail request with a timestamp of 35s in a 30s video will return this error.